Vernon Township, New Jersey Vernon Township, New Jersey Map of Vernon Township in Sussex County.
Inset: Location of Sussex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Map of Vernon Township in Sussex County.
Inset: Location of Sussex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Enumeration Bureau map of Vernon Township, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Vernon Township, New Jersey Vernon Township is a township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's populace was 23,943, reflecting a diminish of 743 (-3.0%) from the 24,686 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,475 (+16.4%) from the 21,211 counted in the 1990 Census. It is both the most crowded municipality and the biggest in region in the county. The Hidden Valley ski resort, which opened in 1976 and occupied a 140-acre (57 ha) property that encompassed one of New Jersey's three remaining downhill skiing facilities, closed at the end of the 2013 season and could find no buyers at an auction held that year. The Great Gorge Playboy Club was positioned in the Vernon improve of Mc - Afee, but was sold and turned into a hotel, now called the Legends Resort & Country Club.
The autonomous township of Vernon was established on April 8, 1793, from portions of Hardyston Township, and the township was formally incorporated on February 21, 1798. The 68 square miles (180 km2) which marked the town's borders over 200 years ago have not changed since.
Because Vernon Township's first Masonic Lodge in 1820 was titled Mount Vernon (Washington was also a Freemason amid his life), likely after Washington's Virginia residence.
Also writes that in the late 19th century two places titled Vernon existed, one in Sussex County and another in Essex County.
Highland Lakes (2010 Enumeration population of 4,933), Vernon Center (2010 Enumeration population of 1,713) and Vernon Valley (1,626 as of 2010) are unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) positioned inside Vernon Township. The township is bordered by Hardyston Township and Wantage Township, all of which are inside Sussex County.
Vernon is home to many lake communities, including Highland Lakes, Barry Lakes, Cliffwood Lake, High Breeze, Lake Conway, Lake Wanda, Laurel Lake, Lake Wildwood, Lake Glenwood, Lake Panorama, Lake Pochung, Lake Wallkill, Pleasant Valley Lake, Scenic Lakes, and Vernon Valley Lake.
Portions of the township covering 5,400 acres (2,200 ha) of territory are owned by the City of Newark, Essex County, for their Pequannock River Watershed, which provides water to the town/city from an region of 35,000 acres (14,000 ha) that also includes portions of Hardyston Township, Jefferson Township, Kinnelon, Rockaway Township and West Milford. Under the new plan, a mayor directly propel by the voters oversees the day-to-day operation of the township with the aid of a company manager, subject to the supervision of a five-member Township Council.
The Mayor and all five members of the Township Council are directly propel by the voters on an at-large basis to four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election.
Three council seats come up for election together and the two other council seats and the mayoral seat are up for vote together two years later. Under the current plan, Vernon has a "strong mayor" fitness of government in which the mayor heads the executive branch, overseeing township functions, enforcing all ordinances and other regulations, appoints department heads and prepares a budget, with the assistance of a company administrator.
Vernon Township is serviced by the Vernon Police Department, two ambulance squads and four fire departments.
Vernon Fire Department covers a momentous portion of "the Valley", Highland Lakes Fire Department covers "the mountain", Mc - Afee Fire Department covers the Pleasant Valley Lake region and Pochuck Valley covers most of the Glenwood section. The Vernon Township Ambulance Squad is split between two buildings, "the Mountain" and "the Valley" in the order given, while the Glenwood section is partially veiled by the Glenwood Pochuck Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Other than the Police Department, the rest of the emergency services are made up of volunteers.
Vernon Township is positioned in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 24th state legislative district. New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).
Crabb (R, Franklin, 2014), George Graham (R, Stanhope, 2016) and Gail Phoebus (R, Andover Township, 2015). Graham was chosen in April 2013 to fill the seat vacated by Parker Space, who had been chosen to fill a vacancy in the New Jersey General Assembly. Constitutional officers propel on a countywide basis are County Clerk Jeff Parrott (R, 2016), Sheriff Michael F.
The Vernon Township School District serves enhance school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,630 students and 309.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 11.72:1. Schools in the precinct (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Walnut Ridge Primary School (grades K-1; 500 students), Cedar Mountain Primary School (2-4; 369), Rolling Hills Primary School (2-4; 422), Lounsberry Hollow Middle School (5&6; 562), Glen Meadow Middle School (7&8; 515) and Vernon Township High School (9-12; 1,212). As of May 2010, the township had a total of 126.12 miles (202.97 km) of roadways, of which 85.21 miles (137.13 km) were maintained by the municipality, 32.31 miles (52.00 km) by Sussex County and 8.60 miles (13.84 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Roadways passing through Vernon Township include Route 94, County Route 515, County Route 517 and County Route 565.
In addition, direct access to Interstate 80 is offered via Route 94, and County Route 565 to Route 23 to Interstate 84, which passes through the northern tip of New Jersey.
See also: Category:People from Vernon Township, New Jersey.
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"The City of Newark appeals the denial of the Sussex County Tax Board of its claim for a reduction of assessments of 5,424 acres of vacant watershed territory in the Township of Vernon for the years 1973, 1974 and 1976....
The watershed, which contains five primary bodies of water, is positioned in Vernon and Hardyston in Sussex County, Jefferson, Rockaway and Kinnelon in Morris County, and West Milford in Passaic County." Enumeration Estimates for New Jersey April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015, United States Enumeration Bureau.
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"Vernon votes for change in form of government", New Jersey Herald, November 2, 2010.
The new Township Council will be seated July 1, and would appoint a new township administrator.
Vernon's current Faulkner Act council-manager form of government, in which the township manager makes most decisions for the township (after council approval), will now turn into a mayor-council form, in which an propel mayor will be the executive in the township." "An ordinance establishing the Vernon Township municipal elections on the same day as November general elections held and extending the terms of office for the existing mayor and council members pursuant to law." a b Township Council: About, Vernon Township.
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"Graham will fill the freeholder seat that New Jersey Assemblyman Parker Space left to take his new position.
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